Although the Keys of Domination can change their forms, their abilities originate from the one thousand Herrschers of the Previous Era's Thousand-Person Herrscher project, and those one thousand Herrschers' abilities were derived from applications of the Authorities of the first nine Herrschers of the Previous Era.
For example, Old Ma's Chi Jueying's ability to control light rays Shun estimated this likely stemmed from the Herrscher of Wind's ability to manipulate ideal fluids, probably utilizing the principle of light refraction. Correspondingly, among the Keys of Domination, there must be some high-ceiling, straightforward and brutal models.
Things like cutting, heating, gravity, and so on these are basically the ways Herrschers used their Authorities in the original work. Shun might be able to find counterfeit versions with similar abilities among these Keys of Domination. Perhaps their output ceiling couldn't compare to a true Herrscher, but they would still be very useful.
"Found it." After careful selection, Shun finally found a Key of Domination that matched his idea. Its ability was to manipulate gravity and only gravity. In other words, once Shun got it, he'd still be Groudon he wouldn't be able to fly, but he could apply gravitational suppression to enemies or surrounding objects. Controlling gravity and controlling gravitational force aren't the same thing to worry about, but gravity ability still counted as one of the best.
Although Shun had already met his Mona Lisa, he still wasn't satisfied. Holding the long blade with gravity ability, Shun turned back to Fu Hua and said: "Master, can we do a buy-one-get-one-free?"
Fu Hua could tell at a glance that Shun still wanted more. She waved her hand and said: "Anyway, I don't need these weapons for now. Leaving them here is just casting pearls before swine. If you want them, picking a few more isn't out of the question."
"I know, I know. I'll just pick a few that suit me." Come on if they were like Old Ma's, he wouldn't even look at them. But in the end, Fu Hua only had about a hundred or so Keys of Domination here. Shun ultimately found only two that caught his fancy. One was a long sword with recovery ability.
Using the transformation property of the Key of Domination, Shun turned it into a long spear and a short dagger for close storage. He knew the principle that greed leads to indigestion, and the rest were indeed rather mediocre. Even the gravity ability wasn't essential for him, since the spatial ability of the Thousand Realms could achieve something similar.
It was just that having such an ability made direct output more convenient using Thousand Realms Multiplication was too calculation-heavy. As for the short dagger with healing ability, that was exactly what Shun needed.
As everyone knows, Honkai 3's power system is very similar to Naruto's high attack, low defense. Many attacks in Honkai 3 can reach atomic levels. Shun couldn't become a MANTIS; he was just an ordinary flesh-and-blood human. Although this short dagger couldn't increase his HP, it could improve his sustainability a low-spec version of White Flower.
"Master, I've chosen." Shun returned under Fu Hua's surprised gaze.
"So fast? And you only took two?" Actually, when Fu Hua had just said Shun could pick more weapons, she had already prepared herself for a major hemorrhage. Shun emptying the place wasn't impossible, but she hadn't expected him to leave with only two.
"Greed leads to indigestion, Master. Do you really see me as that greedy in your eyes?" Shun said with an aggrieved pout.
Fu Hua very much wanted to nod and say "Yes." But thinking that this was still her disciple, she held back and changed the subject instead: "By the way, why not dual pistols or a spear and sword? Although dual pistols have a high entry barrier, your master has dabbled a bit."
For some reason, hearing Fu Hua say this made Shun think of that man with two brushes. He thought to himself: one spear already got me a Lucky E I'd better get a short dagger to cosplay as the noble Saber. If I went with two guns, who knows how I'd die one day from choking on water.
"Hehe, Master, do you know why? Because a certain someone's long spear doesn't stab the old or young." Shun suddenly said mysteriously.
"Oh? Then what about the other short dagger?" Fu Hua had a feeling Shun was about to drop something shocking again.
"This little knife of mine specializes in killing the old and young." As soon as the words left his mouth, Shun was punched flying by Fu Hua. Though she didn't use much force, he still rolled a few times on the ground.
Seeing Fu Hua about to deliver a "Cun Jin: Open Heaven" to him, Shun immediately threw up a French military salute, hoping to awaken Fu Hua's teacher-student affection. Finally, Fu Hua's fist stopped right in front of Shun's forehead, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"Master, what are you doing? What I said is just a rumor recorded in unofficial history. According to unofficial legends, Guan Gong had a big blade and a small blade. Supposedly the big blade doesn't cut the old or young, while the small blade specializes in chopping them. I was just making a joke!"
Fu Hua wasn't truly angry. Hearing Shun explain it this way, she let it go. "I just don't want your blade stained with the blood of your compatriots." Five hundred years ago, when Schicksal's legions invaded Shenzhou, the Red Kite Immortal had only repelled them when they shamelessly used Honkai energy weapons she hadn't even killed anyone. So Fu Hua hoped Shun's hands wouldn't be stained with blood; ideally, he should only kill Honkai beasts and Dead soldiers.
"Master, you're still too idealistic. What if some vermin stand in my way of fighting Honkai?"
"So I only hope..." Back when Taixu's seven disciples roamed the martial world, they often intervened in injustices with drawn blades, and their hands weren't free of human blood either.
"Forget it. Let's head back. First familiarize yourself with this weapon, then I'll teach you Form and Intent."
"Mm, uh..." Near noon, Seele who had been hypnotized by Fenghuang Down last night finally woke up.
"Yo, you're awake, Seele." As soon as Seele sat up, she saw Shun sitting on the floor in the room, seemingly silently reciting something.
"Mm, Seele's awake. Big brother, what are you memorizing?" The moment Seele saw Shun, she immediately scooted over to him like an clingy little kitten.
"Taixu Sword Qi's Heart aggregate. Master said to memorize it first to get familiar. Why? Does Seele want to learn too?" Shun shook the handwritten copy Fu Hua had given him and said.
"Eh, that wouldn't be good, right? This is Fu Hua-jie's technique. Seele's just an outsider." Without thinking, Seele shook her head and refused.
"Hey, what's the big deal? Right now the entire Taixu Sword Sect only has me and Master. As the senior brother of the sect, what's wrong with me accepting a disciple on Master's behalf? And Seele, you're very suited to cultivate Taixu Sword Qi, aren't you?" Taixu Sword Qi required purity and right now, Seele was extremely pure. This would be hard for any of the main cast to achieve; maybe only the current Kiana could possibly qualify, but until Kaslanas found their external brain, they were still pretty dense.
"I... I'd better ask Fu Hua-jie first." Seele was a little tempted but still refused for now.
Shun couldn't help feeling a bit regretful. Seele being sensible was good, but sometimes she was too sensible. This personality would have to be corrected later.
Shaking his head and ignoring Seele for now, Shun went back to memorizing his book.